The frail counselor you said, you fight against three heroes alone?

Chapter 272 Liu Bei borrowed money with his ability, why should he pay it back?
They must be worried that if they are not careful, they will be attacked by themselves.

Even if it's for a good night's sleep, they won't all be in these two places.

"Do you believe it? This road is a battle for the emperor. Within ten years, whoever can get the emperor will have the best development opportunity. It can also be said that whoever has the emperor will be the foundation of the great man!"

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

The battle for the emperor?
Zhuge Liang couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard such an apt description.

Sure enough, the protagonist and He are still the same as before, very interesting.

"This... this..."

All of a sudden, Dian Wei scratched his head and hesitated for a while before saying: "The last general still has something to do, please think of a way to rescue Xu Chu, my lord!"

"You want to save that idiot?"

When Xi Yu thought of Xu Chu, his head hurt. Back then, when he was defeated in the Battle of Chibi, that kid was accidentally captured alive by Guan Yu in order to protect Cao Cao.

In the end, he was detained in a prisoner-of-war camp, and returned to Jingzhou with the Jingzhou army.

That kid is also a talent, he refused to surrender in the prisoner-of-war camp, even if he was beaten to death, he was still loyal and unyielding, even Liu Bei was deeply shocked and praised him.

He even went to the POW camp to meet Xu Chu himself, and asked him if he had any unfulfilled wishes.

In the end, the boy's anger was almost gone, but he didn't forget the dozens of jars of good wine that he owed him.

He told Liu Bei that if possible, after seeing him, he must let him burn the wine owed to him on the grave!
Liu Bei was shocked at the time, and suddenly remembered that Xu Chu and Xi Yu seem to have a strong relationship?

So I quickly edited a book and sent it to Xi Yu.

But this guy is also a scheming guy. He wrote directly in the letter that if he wants to get Xu Chu back, he must exchange it with money and food.

If Xi Yu agrees to his condition, it means that he will get a large amount of income without any effort. In this way, even if he does not rely on Sun Ce who is supported by Jiangdong, he can still gain a foothold in Jingzhou.

What's more, it is not impossible to antagonize the Sun family.

To put it bluntly, this guy just wants to repent. He has nothing to say to the people in his territory, but he has nothing to say when it comes to diplomacy and people in other regions.

Therefore, although Xi Yu read the letter, he has not replied yet.

"That kid Liu Bei said, it's fine to let Xu Chu go, but he wants me to exchange 30 shi of grain and send troops to support him when he fights Sun Ce."

Xi Yu rubbed his eyebrows, Zhuge Liang also frowned, and scolded angrily: "It's ridiculous that there is such a brazen Liu Bei in the world. I don't know what Cao Cao thought at the beginning, but let him leave Xuchang."

"Boss Cao is arrogant!"

Mentioning this matter, Xi Yu couldn't help shaking his head.

Cao Cao is really pure and lofty, and it can also be said to be floating.

If you had known that today would be like this, you might as well have insisted on taking over some things yourself and killing Liu Bei directly!
It also prevents him from jumping outside without knowing the heights of the sky and the earth, even if he ends up jumping without any results.

The alliance between the Sun and Liu families is very much like glass. It looks radiant and gorgeous on the outside, but it is a pity that it is not practical and will shatter when touched.

"30 stones of food and grass is not a difficult task. It will be fine for the caravan going south to take it there. The key is to send troops to support and fight against Sun Ce. This is obviously impossible!"

"Of course, I think that kid Liu Bei didn't really want our support when he made this request, so let's take a step back and refuse directly, and then just replace it with food or other things."

"Then he made a lot of money?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes widened, then he shook his head and said, "No, I can't take advantage of him so easily!"

Then, he wrinkled his chin, rolled his eyes slightly, and thought of a good idea, and hurriedly moved to Xi Yu's side and said, "My lord, how about we add some oil to his fire?"

"What do you mean?"

Xi Yu was a little curious.

Speaking of which, every time he saw Zhuge Liang, who was supposed to die for Liu Bei, think of clever tricks to deal with him from time to time in front of him, he couldn't help laughing.

"The Sun-Liu alliance looks unbreakable on the surface, but it is actually like a piece of mottled waste paper. Let's take this as a breakthrough point and send the letter written by Liu Bei to Zhou Yu directly?"

Zhuge Liang fanned his feather fan and said with a smile: "I know Zhou Yu somewhat well. He has a high spirit, and he especially likes to see a large-scale and magnificent battlefield when fighting with soldiers. The victory in the Battle of Chibi was really due to him alone! "

"As for Liu Bei and the others, they just ambushed around the Red Cliff early and carried out an expendable ambush tactic, which prevented Cao Cao's army from going south smoothly, and bought some time for everyone."

"If it is really divided according to merit, I am afraid that there is really not much to do with Liu Bei. Everyone in the world knows about it, and Zhou Yu is no exception. If you let him know how Liu Bei arranged his Sun Ce secretly, I am afraid that he will not be able to swallow it easily. Tone!"

"That's a good idea!"

Xi Yu nodded and smiled, "Liangzi is still the smartest, so I'll leave this matter to you."

He patted Zhuge Liang on the shoulder lightly, and handed over the matter to the other party.

The current battle situation is considered stable for the time being, and Xi Yushao said that he can get a year to strengthen the military management and fortifications of these newly conquered places.

Strive to build it into the current Qingxu Erdi as soon as possible.

Speaking of which, this land of Qing and Xu can be said to be the most proud and safest territory he has built.

Not only the people support it, but even the military defense system and attack system are rare in the world.

This is also an important reason why he was able to fight outside, while Qing and Xu were able to do business crazily and expand their business territory.

Right now, the business in Qingzhou and Xuzhou has already reached the nomads outside Youzhou.

The caravan even opened up a fixed business route connecting Xianbei and the Southern Huns, earning back endless rare resources, such as iron ore, high-quality wood, gold and silver treasures... there are simply countless.

Over time, Qing Xu Erdi, who was already wealthy, became even richer now!
In Nanyang, Jingzhou, the three brothers Liu Bei finally recaptured Wancheng at a great price, and successfully expelled Cao Ren's army from Jingzhou territory, and won the love of the people and soldiers in Jingzhou within a short period of time.

Then, he used the shortest time to establish a solid and relatively stable rear area, and since then almost the entire Jingzhou has been under his control.

At this time, he once again planned to break his promise and lose weight.

It was previously agreed with Sun Ce to hand over half of Jingzhou's territory to the other party. Now, this is obviously impossible.

For this reason, he even ordered Liu Qi to lead [-] lions to guard Jiangxia in case Sun Ce was angry and sent troops.

Speaking of this, Liu Qi was originally Liu Biao's son, and after Liu Biao's death he also received the support of many generals and soldiers, so he was able to have a certain right to speak in Jingzhou.

It is also because of him that the three Liu Bei brothers were able to gain a firm foothold in Jingzhou and successfully became the lord of Jingzhou.

This guy is also considered a smart person. He knows that with his own strength, it is impossible to compete with the hero for the world, so he chooses to rely on others.

Now I can get tens of thousands of troops to guard Jiangxia, and I am satisfied with the ability to attack and retreat freely.

But Liu Bei doesn't think so. The ambitious man is now in the palace-like magnificent government office in the south of Xiangyang, roasting charcoal fire, listening to the people's narration, and analyzing the current general trend of the world.

"My lord, news came from the north that the emperor has issued an imperial edict to make Xiyu Duke of Sheng, set his capital at Xiapi, and at the same time grant him the duchy of Guangping, Anping, and Julu..."

"The most important thing is that he can enfeoff the land as a Marquis, follow the rules of the Son of Heaven, step on the sword and go up to court, plus... plus Jiuxi—"

"Xi Yu also wants to add Jiuxi? Isn't that the same as Cao Pi? Doesn't this behavior mean that he wants to become the second master of the world?"

Liu Bei, who is envious and jealous, is helpless. He also wants to add Jiuxi, but he has more energy than he wants.

Cao Pi has hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, he can't afford to offend him, and Xi Yu can't offend him even more.

He said that he fought in Jizhou for half a year, but in fact, he beat Cao Pi, an undisciplined brat, by his own strength.

Now that there is an imperial edict, on the surface, Xi Yu and Cao Pi seem to have not yet torn their skins, and they have not yet reached the scene of endless death, but in fact, they may have long since been at odds with each other.

But this is not a good time for him to secretly gather an army to go to the Northern Expedition. If one is not good, if the two decide to temporarily agree to the outside world, he will not know how he died.

More importantly, the Sun Liu Alliance is not their opponent, let alone him?
Today's world situation looks like a group of heroes, each of whom has a chance of winning, such as Xiliang Ma Teng, Zhang Lu, and Liu Zhang from Yizhou, Sichuan and Shu, etc.

But in the final analysis, Sun and Liu are still united to resist Cao Xu, which is the so-called north-south dispute!

Speaking of which, if I can get Liu Zhang's support, I think the Northern Expedition is not impossible. At that time, he and Sun Quan will be in the east and the other in the west. Even if I can't beat the other party, I can still guard the rear area for many years.

"Hey! This Xi Yu was originally the uncle of the Son of Heaven, and he has a certain reputation. Now that he is named the Duke of the Kingdom, there are all advantages and no disadvantages. Most of the clans who want to come to Jizhou praise him and love him very much. support······"

"What's more, maybe there will be a banquet for him to celebrate..."

The more Liu Bei thinks about it, the more he feels that his life is suffering. After so many years of wind and rain, he has worked hard all his life, but the result is still nothing.

On the other hand, Xi Yu, who liked farming in the first half of his life, and occasionally came to the battlefield when he was interested, could become a vassal just like that, and he might even be the most powerful vassal in the world.

The most important thing is that I thought that after Cao Cao was finally killed, he would be able to live a good life when Cao Pei, a young boy, came to power, but who would have thought that there would be a drama.

Speaking of Xi Yu, he was obviously a difficult character, far more difficult to deal with than Cao Cao.

"My lord, Xi Yu just sent someone to deliver a letter!"

"Oh?"

"What did it say?"

Sun Qian took out the letter paper in his arms, opened it under Liu Bei's signal, and said: "In order to redeem Xu Chu, Xi Yu is willing to give us 30 shi of grain and grass for free, but he has no plans to take action against the Sun family, so he will give us another gift." Thousands of crossbow machines are used as compensation."

Hearing this, Liu Bei, who was nestled on the grand teacher's chair, couldn't help straightening his body, a flash of joy flashed across his eyes, and then he sighed deeply, and said, "Duke Sheng is really polite, Xu Chu is his favorite general, I have a good relationship with Zilong and Dianwei."

"Since we know his identity, it will be a matter of time before we release him. It's not for anything else. I just hope that I can watch and help each other in the future. Therefore, I, Liu Bei, will never do anything that breaks promises!"

That's what he said, but deep in Liu Bei's heart, he was already dancing with joy.

When he sent the letter back then, he just had the mentality of giving it a try. Who would have thought that Xi Yu would actually give it to him.

It seems that Xu Chu is quite valuable. At the beginning, I emptied all my net worth to buy Xiyu 30 grain and grass at one time, but even so, I still owed a lot, and I haven't paid it off yet.

However, no matter what he owed to Sun Ce or Xi Yu, he was not prepared to pay it back. Why should he pay what he owed on his own merit?
Just like Jingzhou right now, if he planned to return it to the Sun family, he would not have sent Liu Qi to garrison Jiangxia with an army of [-].

"Okay, why don't you hurry up and invite General Xu Chu to come to the hall? I'll throw a banquet for him to see him off!"

"promise!"

After receiving the order, Sun Qian took the order and left immediately, while Xu Shu stood up and asked, "My lord, do you want to donate part of the 30 shi of grain and grass we got to Sun Ce?"

"I'm afraid he is quite angry because of the Jingzhou incident. Can we take 20 shi of grain and grass as an apology to appease him? The [-] shi of grain and grass left by the subject can be used as a reserve for the people of Jingzhou and even the soldiers. Through the cold winter."

"After next year's autumn harvest, we will have enough food and grass, and we can make more reserves... because judging from the current situation, it will take at least three years for us to grow again."

"If you act too hastily and recruit troops too early, I'm afraid you will be unable to make ends meet and eventually lead to chaos!"

"This means... to give it out?"

When Liu Bei, who was still overjoyed just now, heard this, his heart skipped a beat.

It's hard not to feel bad about having to give away one-third of it all at once.

At the very least, right now he is very distressed, after all, it is the time when there is a lack of food and grass.

This place is Jingzhou, which is completely different from Qingzhou and Xuzhou. Liu Bei can be considered to understand this.

To put it simply, the most important thing to make money is to look at food. Only when people are full can they have the strength to work, grow crops, and have more energy and time to think about ways to make money.

The people are like this, and the army is naturally the same.

But the problem is that now their internal affairs can only be developed, and they are still at the stage of food and clothing. If they want to feed the people in the entire Jingzhou, they must open up wasteland. Only in this way can they get a lot of food and even It's excess food.

As long as you have food and grass, you can make money. This is a closed loop.

However, when he was trying to understand this point, Xi Yu had already perfected it.

Therefore, the north today has no shortage of food and grass, and has made a lot of money from it.

Speaking of which, if Sichuan and Shu would not fight wars and only develop the economy, I would rather hope to cooperate with Xi Yu.

On this point, Liu Bei still admires Xi Yu very much.

After all, today's Qingxu Erdi is a living example. Compared with other territories in the world, the gap between rich and poor in that place is not too big!
Even the people in the world know about this, so there is no need for Xi Yu to publicize it, there will be a steady stream of people going to Qing and Xu.

"Military division... just look at it, we don't have much food and grass now, so it should be spent on the most critical places, right?"

Liu Bei frowned, somewhat melancholy.

"In addition to the food and grass for the people and soldiers to spend the winter, we still need to open up a lot of wasteland to guard against the north... Each of these piles is inseparable from the food and grass. If it is given to Sun Ce, what should we do? manage?"

"But... But in this way, Jiangdong will not be easy to appease..."

Xu Shu's worry was also justified. He also knew that the Sun-Liu alliance was just a superficial alliance. It was an alliance that had to be reached because Cao Cao went south and both sides couldn't beat it, so there was no binding force.

This makes an already fragile relationship even more precarious.

Over the years, both Liu Bei and Sun Ce have made arrangements and calculations behind each other's backs.

"It's okay to keep all the food and grass, but if we don't show some sincerity to satisfy Jiangdong, I'm afraid there will be some unnecessary misunderstandings at that time. Please also consider this aspect, my lord."

"Of course, if the lord already has a perfect plan, then I should think too much, and I can't take these words to heart."

In this regard, Liu Bei really has no idea.

His current army is at least 10,000+, plus Jiang Xia's [-], almost [-]. It seems that the army is strong, but in fact most of them are recruits!
The remaining more than 6 veterans are all experienced people who survived several battles with Cao Cao's cavalry before the Battle of Chibi.

They can be considered to have been on the battlefield for some years, and many of them even went to chat with Hades, so their mentality is extremely stable.

The most important thing is that these soldiers were all trained by Guan Yu himself, and their strength should not be underestimated. Asking them to bring recruits is not bad, but it still takes time.

"Let's leave it at that, military advisor!"

Liu Bei didn't have any good ideas about this either. He frowned and said with a little guilt: "There is really nothing we can do about Sun Ce, so we have to take precautions first for the time being. When the autumn harvest next year, as long as the food and grass come down, I will definitely deal with it." Make amends!"

"I think the people at that time would not need so much food. Let's give gifts and compensation when we are rich. As for now, let's get through the difficult time right now!"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Guan Yu immediately sneered and said, "Then Jiangdong is a group of shameless rats. I think it was I, Guan Yunzhang, who severely injured Cao Cao and caused his death!"

(End of this chapter)